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Clinton and Biden’s awkward friendship
Not quite rivals, but never very close—now Hillary and Joe are on a collision course.
By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Glenn Thrush
08/31/15 05:06 AM EDT
The golden era of the Hillary Clinton-Joe Biden relationship lasted four years — as long as they had Barack Obama to gossip, kibbitz and complain about.
During his first term, the two developed a kinship — cultivated during weekly breakfast meetings in Biden’s cozy parlor — that hadn’t existed before (and hasn’t since). For both, the experience kindled an abiding sense of affection, and not a little ambivalence.
Clinton got an up-close earful of the maddening duality of Biden — the motor-mouth powered by a high-octane brain. Biden was charmed by Clinton’s candor out of the spotlight, but he felt she viewed running for president as a “burden,” according to people briefed on their interactions.
Those perceptions, especially on the Biden side, will weigh on the 72-year-old vice president’s decision whether to run in 2016 or retire.
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/hillary-clinton-joe-biden-friendship-2016-213174